Surface water had prevented any action on Friday, with Justin and the
Dale Coyne Racing team finally getting some track time at Kentucky
Speedway about four hours before the race was due to start. At the end of
his 51 practice laps, Justin had been 19th fastest of the 23 cars, and
about 3.6 mph slower than the leader. With little time to understand how
the #18 Z-Line Designs cars was performing, it pointed to a very
challenging evening ahead.

When it came to the race, the green flag was waved around 25 minutes
before schedule to counter the risk from rain clouds building in the
west. Starting from the fourth row, a position determined according to
entrant points, Justin soon slipped a few places as faster cars behind
him found their natural speed. Maintaining his position in mid-pack,
Justin came in for his first stop on Lap 47. By the time he took his
second stop, for tyres and fuel on Lap 97, the car was in 13th but had
fallen a lap down.

Any hopes of a decent points haul were dashed on Lap 120, just under an
hour into the race, when yellow smoke was reported coming from the #18
car. Justin brought out the first caution period of the race as he nursed
the Dale Coyne Racing machine back to the pits but when the right rear
wheel bearing problem was diagnosed, retirement was inevitable.

" I felt good out there today," said Justin. We were running
a decent race and even though there wasn't a lot of track time over
the weekend, we learned a bit more about running on ovals. I'm
disappointed to have finished in the way we did, but now I'm
looking forward to the next race".

The IndyCar Series now moves to the permanent road course at Mid-Ohio for
next Sunday's Honda Indy 200.